Coronary heart disease risk-factor profile in a lower middles class urban community in Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-272

  Aziz, K ^a   Aziz, S ^b   Patel, Najma ^a   Faruqui, A M A ^a   Chagani, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Pakistan)

^b Pakistan Medical Research Council   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33645316076     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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